Although the programme was already under way, its official inauguration took place in Dushanbe on 5 April 2002 in the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, Joseph Deisse, the Minister of Economy and Trade of Tajikistan, Khakim Saliev and the Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Marcel A. Boisard.
Joseph Deisse, el Ministro de Economía y Comercio de Tayikistán, Sr. Khakim Saliev, y el Director Ejecutivo del Instituto de las Naciones Unidas para Formación Profesional e Investigaciones, Sr. Marcel A. Boisard.